List of Famous people born in Damascus Governorate, Syria

Rami Makhlouf is a Syrian businessman and the maternal cousin of president Bashar al-Assad. He is considered Syria's wealthiest man and one of the most powerful men in Syria; according to Syrian analysts he is part of al-Assad's inner circle and no foreign company can do business in Syria without his consent and partnership. Makhlouf owns Syriatel, the largest mobile phone network in Syria, along with other retail, banking and real estate companies.

Sulafa Refaat Memar. She is a well known Syrian actress, she begun her career in 1994, she stuided at Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus, Syria. she acted in TV and cinema. she won Best Arab actress award in Algerian Film Festival for her role in ‘Tahta Al Sakef’.

Bassel al-Assad was a Syrian engineer, colonel, and politician who was the eldest son of President of Syria Hafez al-Assad and the older brother of (later) President Bashar al-Assad. It was widely expected that he would succeed his father as President of Syria until he died in a car accident in 1994.

Salim Kallas was a Syrian actor and politician.

Dündar Ali Osman, also known as Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu, with a surname as required by the Republic of Turkey, or known by the Ottoman imperial name as Şehzade (Prince) Dündar Ali Osman Osmanoğlu Efendi, was the 45th Head of the House of Osman, which ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 until the abolition of the Sultanate in 1922. If the Ottoman monarchy were restored, he would have been Sultan Ali II.

Ali Al-Tantawi is a Syrian jurist, writer, and judge, and he is considered one of the leading figures in Islamic preaching and Arab literature in the twentieth century. He was a writer who wrote in many Arab newspapers for many years, the most important of which was what he wrote in the Egyptian magazine Al-Risala by its owner Ahmed Hassan Al-Zayyat, and he continued to write about it for twenty years from 1933 until it became concealed in 1953. He worked from his youth in primary and secondary education in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon until a year 1940. He left education and entered the judiciary. He was recipient of the King Faisal Prize in 1990 for his services for Islam.

Omar Khribin is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Emirati Shabab Al Ahli and the Syrian national team. He can be deployed as a left winger or second striker.

Maxim Hani Khalil is a Syrian actor; he is currently known as one of the most famous actors in Syria and Arab world.

Majid al-Shibl, original name Muhammad al-Shibil, was a prominent Saudi announcer who introduced several programs and variety.

Andrew of Crete, also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was an 8th-century bishop, theologian, homilist, and hymnographer. He is venerated as a saint by Eastern Orthodoxy and the Catholic Church.